The two pilots managed to eject from the aircraft before it crashed and exploded into flames.

One of the pilots was killed. The other survived but died a few hours later in hospital.

The other three members were trapped in the burning wreckage.

Almost 50 years later and the tragedy appeared to have been forgotten... until it came to the attention of David Willey, a member of the Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group and a volunteer at the East Kirkby Aviation Heritage Centre.